With human activity having quite an effect on the Earth, many animal species have gone extinct. Fortunately, though, that ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

But earlier this month, researchers announced something overwhelmingly positive: Green sea turtles, the iconic marine species ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

From the end of nature to the beginning of the anthropocene -- Lost dogs, last birds, and listed species: elegy and comedy in conservation stories -- From arks to ARKive.org: database, epic, and ...

Two corals off the Florida coast are now functionally extinct after a 2023 heatwave, according to new research published in ...

For almost 200 years, no one knew where the last living great auks were. Using DNA testing, one of them was found in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as ...